--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	2017-03-21 13:44:00.121222299 +0000
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/reflect/Method.java	2017-03-21 13:43:59.926208918 +0000
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.annotation.AnnotationFormatError;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.StringJoiner;
 
 /**
  * A {@code Method} provides information about, and access to, a single method
@@ -416,6 +417,21 @@
         sb.append(getName());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    String toShortString() {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("method ");
+        sb.append(getDeclaringClass().getTypeName()).append('.');
+        sb.append(getName());
+        sb.append('(');
+        StringJoiner sj = new StringJoiner(",");
+        for (Class<?> parameterType : getParameterTypes()) {
+            sj.add(parameterType.getTypeName());
+        }
+        sb.append(sj);
+        sb.append(')');
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns a string describing this {@code Method}, including
      * type parameters.  The string is formatted as the method access